Railroad-tie



(No Model.)

N. BENJAMIN.

RAILROAD TIE. No. 505,019. Patented Sept. 12, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

NEWTON BENJAMIN, OF ELMIRA, NEWV YORK.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,019, dated September 12, 1893.

Application filed March 21, 1892- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON BENJAMIN, of Elmira, in the county of Ohemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in railroad ties,its object being to produce a metallic tie which shall be cheap to manu- {acture and light and substantial in construc- A further object is to construct a metallic railroad tie in such manner that endwise movement will be prevented and one in which ample provision will be made for drainage.

A further object is to produce a railway tie, the structure of which shall be light and at the same time provide a firm and substantial bearing for the rails, and still greater bottom or surface bearing for the tie.

-A further object is to construct a metallic railway tie in such manner that old rails may utilized in its manufacture.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tie. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Figs. 3 and 4. are views illustrating modifications. Fig. 5 is a View illustrating the tie divided at the center and the two sections hinged together.

A, B represent two rails, having the treads removed, and of which the major portion of the tie is composed, the rail B being preferably a section of an old rail and the rail A being preferably a new rail with its outer flange made narrower than its inner flange so that the tie may be made of the proper width, the full width of the flanges of both rails rendering the tie in most cases unnecessarily wide, although still greater width would be necessary where four rails are used at a junction, or turn out,-also under frogs. The inner flanges a, a, of the two rails are placed together, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2, and

Serial No. 425,761. (No model.)

thus, with the upwardly projecting flanges or webs b, form a trough O.

Securely riveted to the under side of the tie and extending the full width thereof, are two rail sections D one at each end thereof (with the treads removed), these rail sections D being located at points directly under that portion of the tie on which the rails rest, the flanges or webs d being adapted to project downwardly into the road bed and thus prevent lengthwise movement of the tie. At points directly over the rail sections D, the upper edges of the flanges or webs b of the rails A, B, recesses e, e are out, these recesses being of a length sufficient to receive the flanges of the rails of the track.

Located in the trough G between the recessed portions of the flanges or webs b, are rail sections E, (having their treads removed,) said rail sections E being inverted and the free edge of the flange or web f bearing on the meeting edges of the inner flanges a, a of the rails A, B of the tie,said flanges f of the rail sections E being of such depth that the lateral flanges f,f of the rail section E will lie flush with the bottoms of the recesses e, c in the flanges or webs b of the rails A, B and thus constitute an additional base or foundation for the rails of the track. Heavy bolts 9 are passed through the flanges or webs b of the rails A, B, and the flange or webf of the rail section E, thus securely binding said parts together. Notches h, h, are madein the flanges f of the rail sections E for the passage of eye bolts h, which embrace the bolts 9 at their lower ends, and at their upper ends serve to secure the rails of the track to the tie, or to secure a fish plate in place, as the case may be. The bottom of the tie will be provided with openings or perforations i, to

permit any water which may collect in thetrough G, to escape.

In the preferred form of the invention I have shown the tie made continuous from one side of the road bed to the other, but it may, if desiredbe made in sections and hinged together, as shown in Fig. 5, in which case the flanges of the rails A, B, at the inner end of each section will be beveled and the two sections connected together by means of links or straps i, said links or straps being pivotally connected at their ends to the flanges or webs b of the rails or sections A, B.

In Fig. 3 the body of the tie is composed of two sections 1, 2, the outer flanges, shown in Figs. 1 and 2 being removed, and the inner flanges 3 meeting as above described. In this form of the invention the vertical flanges of the rail sections 1, 2 will be recessed for the reception of the rails of the track as above explained in connection with the preferred form of the invention, and the T-rail 5 inserted in the trough O and having a central bearing in the trough or at the meeting edges of the two rail sections 1, 2, as above described.

In Fig. {i the body of the tie is made of a single piece, comprising the base 6 and the vertical flanges or portions 7, 7. The vertical portions 7, 7, are recessed as above eX- plained, for the accommodation of the rails of the track, and the T-rail 8 is inserted in the trough O as before, the downwardly projecting flange of said T-rail having a bearing on the base 6, centrally between the vertical flanges 7, 7.

Having fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic railroad tie, having a central trough, and having a T-shaped bearing located in the trough and engaging the sides and bottom of the trough, substantially as set forth.

2. A metal tie comprising three rails the treads of which are removed, the middle rail inverted and the three secured together, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a railroad tie made in the form of a trough and having recesses for the reception of a railroad rail, of an inverted T-shaped bearing for the rail, located within said trough, said T-shaped rail having a bearing centrally on the bottom of the trough, substantially as set forth.

4. In a railroad tie, the combination with two flanged sections united to form a trough shaped tie, of an inverted T-shaped rail located between said flanges, substantially as set forth.

5. A railroad tie consisting of a trough shaped body portion, and an inverted rail the tread of which is removed, secured in the trough, the base of said inverted rail having holes therein and bolts or similar devices passing through said holes for securing rails to the tie, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with a trough shaped tie composed of vertical flanges, of a T-shaped web between said flanges resting on the bottom of the trough and bearing upon the inner walls of the trough, and a T-shaped rail secured transversely beneath the T-shaped web, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with a railroad tie made of flanged sections so as to form a trough, of an inverted T-shaped supporting rail located within said trough and a T-shaped rail secured across the bottom of said tie, beneath the rail located in the trough substantially as set forth.

8. In a railroad tie, the combination with two T-rails, of an inverted T-shaped rail inserted between said firstmentioned T-rails, its edges bearing against the sides of the two main rails and bolts passing through all of said T-shaped rails, substantially as set forth.

9. In a'railroad tie, the combination with two rail sections placed side by side so that their inner flanges abut and thus form a trough, of an inverted T-shaped rail placed in said trough, and provided with openings, bolts passing through the webs of all of said rails, and eye bolts passing through the openings in the inverted T-shaped rail and connected with said bolts, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with apair of rail sections placed together with their inner base flanges together at the bottom, of an inverted rail section placed between the two rail sections with its flanges bearing against the webs of the two main rails and its web resting on the inner flanges of the two main rails, and bolts passed through holes formedin the several webs, between the flanges to secure the rail sections together, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NEWTON BENJAMIN. Witnesses:

H. B. CLEVELAND, H. D. LORING. 

